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April 9, 2013

H – HEALTH & HAPPINESS!

Today I want to share about two
very important aspects of life that is Health and Happiness. Most of the time, we think of health only
when we are unwell, then we visit the doctor and address our health issues. World Health Organization’s defines “Health
not as the absence of sickness but a Total well being of the person”. Of course the definition is still a wholesome
one, my objective is just to focus on these two words health and happiness.

If we are constantly falling
sick, and suffer from aches and pains – it’s a serious warning and it’s
important to explore the causes, find reasons, and then address them taking a
doctors or a counselors help. I was also
a victim of aches and pains, and never understood for a long time the reasons
for being un healthy.

It is a long journey, and I had to look within, and take an inventory of
my life, as to what I am doing with my life, how am I spending my time, what I am
eating, what I am thinking, how are my relationships with others, and how do I treat
myself etc.

Unless, we take a little effort
in understanding ourselves and our lives, the diagnosis is not going to be
easy. It took a long time for me to find out that the healing power was within
me, all I needed to do was to take responsibility for all the aspects of my
life and empower myself to healthy and happy.

The challenge was to love myself
enough, to reinvent myself, and take the right decisions to ensure that I am healthy
and happy. Which means to permit myself to
take time to exercise, meditate, relax, take nutritious food, affirm myself, and
do some meaningful work.

As a wife, mother, daughter in law
and working women this was really a challenge for me. I have seen my mother
taking care of everyone’s need, and so now it was my turn to continue to do
what I had observed in the early days of my life; take care of everyone’s needs
around me, to such an extent that I did not find time for myself.

The pressure I laid on myself to
be perfect in everything I did added to
my misery, and in the process I ended up being unhappy, and the reason for my
unhappiness was the choices I made in my own life. When I took a journey inward, in finding out
the reasons.

I realized with the help of my friend that I had distributed all
my power to those whom I love, and was blaming them for treating me badly.

In stead of being unhappy and
crying about my life, I chose to make some very hard decisions. It was a
turning point in my life, and I have never again looked back, but continued to
love myself, affirm and appreciate myself in everything I did, that does not
mean that I am perfect; it only means that I have learnt to look beyond
imperfections.

My dear reader, whatever be your
situation in your life, YOU have the POWER to change! Wishing you Health &
Happiness today and always !!

Brilliant post ! I love the quote - you have the power to say this is not how it will end ! I think most of the physical ailments have origins in our mind .. the way we think and how much stress we take !

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I am Genevive Angela, journeying with gratitude, evolving myself and finding my purpose of existence here on earth. ... am grateful for everything that happens in my life and I live a life of gratitude :)